The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-04-15

Enterprise is ever alert to grasp every
opportunity presented and turn it to
account, making it rebound to the ad-
vantage of individuals and communi-
ties. Without enterprise, the most
glorious industrial victories that his
tory records could not have been at
tanned. 1t is frequently said that the
men make the town, and not the town
the men, and this to great degree is
true. Take city whose men are wide
awake, earnest, always alert to turn
every possible circumstance to the hene-
| fit of themselves and fellow men, and
such a place, it it possesses any natural
advantages, cannot long remain in the
| background, but must come out and
take leading place in the history of
| its country.
Nothing succeeds like success, and
nothing commands more profound re-
spect than the man, the city; or the
industry that is prosperous and thrifty.
Life is a power more subtle than I'M
told weight of inert matter. Stop the
action OF the heart, and the body dies.
Men follow where others have lead, and
| the moving crowd attracts more atten-
ton than do the idle loungers.
Ogden business men and representa-
tive citizens have thought carefully
over the situation. They have scanned
the horizon in all directions. They
have looked. within their own homes,
have carefully counted their resources
| and estimated their strength; they
| reached the conclusion that their city
is no longer in swaddling clothes, but
! has passed that stage, has learned to
| creep, to walk and is now preparing to
run.
The brains and capital of Ogden have
| looked around and have come to the
conclusion that her resources are ripe
| for development. For years those're-
| sources have lain dormant. Countless
power has run by our doors with no
hand to check its course and turn the
wheels of manufactures. Millions of
wealth have been barely hidden by
| the earth and no hand has raised
| the pick to lay it bare and distribute
it among the people. Railroads
have run through our city ready
to carry our freights to al points
of the compass; our climate has been
| unsurpassed and we have had the most
beautiful mountain scenery and the
grandest of mineral springs; our soil
has produced the best of cereals and
| fruits, and all nature has combined to
make this city and vicinity one of her
| choicest spots, yet our prosperity has
been only common. These resources
still remain. The reason they have
been undeYeloped lies in the fact Tat
effort has not been organized and di-
rected to bringing them before the
world. Now, however, the golden OPP
portunity has presented itself and our
enterprising men are taking hold with
will. They propose that the world
shall no longer remain in ignorance of
what we possess. They demand that
long stride shall be made in the direc-
ton of industrial progression. and that
| we place ourselves ON the highroad of
prosperity which has so.lOng been open
to us, but upon which we have neglected
to embark, and, enthused by the spirit
OF the times our citizens are shaking
off the lethargy of dullness and pr,
pairing to lend momentum to the march
by throwing the whole weight of their
intellects and energies against the wheel
of progress. . EsE
There is no good reason why this can
not be accomplished; there is no reason
why capital invested in Ogden will not
bring good returns; there is no reasonj
why, with all the advantages we pos
sess, Ogden should not have popula-
ton within the next five years of at
least twice its present number. We
hold the key and must but unlock the
door of the treasure house when tide
of prosperity will poor upon US as un
ceasing as it is irresistible. The key is
in the lock and the united efforts of
emergency have laid hold and the bolt
must soon shoot back and let the door
swing open. Gentlemen, cease net in
your l. bors.